ITTF Challenge Series

Last updated
ITTF Challenge Series
Sport Table tennis
Founded2013
Ceased2020
Replaced by World Table Tennis Feeder Series
Owner(s) International Table Tennis Federation
Related
competitions
ITTF World Tour
Official website ittfchallengeseries.com

The ITTF Challenge Series was an annual series of table tennis tournaments organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Initially created in 2013 as the third tier of the ITTF World Tour (below the Super Series and Major Series), the Challenge Series became a separate tour in 2017. It was the ITTF's secondary tour, below the World Tour. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Starting from 2019, the series had two tiers: ITTF Challenge Plus and ITTF Challenge. [4] [5] Canada, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Paraguay, and Portugal were announced as host for the Challenge Plus tournaments for the 2019 season. [6]

Since 2021, the ITTF Challenge Series has been effectively replaced by the newly created World Table Tennis Feeder Series.

Tournaments

The following tournaments have featured as part of the ITTF Challenge Series since it separated from the ITTF World Tour in 2017. [7]

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 Total
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Open2
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Open1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Open1
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Open1
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open3
Flag of North Korea.svg DPR Korea Open3
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Open1
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexican Open1
Flag of Morocco.svg Moroccan Open1
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigerian Open 3
Flag of Oman.svg Oman Open1
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguayan Open1
Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open3
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Open1
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbian Open1
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open3
Flag of Spain.svg Spanish Open3
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Open3
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkish Open1
 ITTF Challenge Plus

See also

References

  1. "The ITTF World Tour 2013 was expanded to include the Americas". All About Table Tennis. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. "ITTF Opens up Bidding for Revamped 2017 ITTF World Tour". ETTU. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. "2019 ITTF CHALLENGE Additional Changes for 2019" (PDF). ITTF Challenge Series. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. "ITTF open bidding process for 2019 Challenge Series". Inside The Games. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. "ITTF Announces Record Number of Challenge Series Events for 2019". ITTF. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. "ITTF Challenge Series". ITTF. Retrieved 18 July 2018.